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Experts discuss strategies to improve food safety in traditional markets in Asia Pacific

On 1–2 September 2021, the World Health Organization regional office for Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific hosted a bi-regional advocacy meeting on risk mitigation in traditional food markets in the Asia Pacific region. Traditional food markets are an important source of affordable, fresh food...

AgHealth blog

Experts call for G20 health ministers to invest in animal health for stronger global health systems

Action for Animal Health is a coalition of multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations and research institutes with expertise in animal, human and environmental health. The coalition advocates for increased investment in strong and resilient animal health systems that protect people...

AgHealth blog

ILRI scientists and research partners contribute to growing body of knowledge on COVID-19

As countries around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), in collaboration with national and international research partners, are contributing to the growing body of knowledge on COVID-19 and its impacts on...

AgHealth blog

CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Ethiopia discuss new One Health initiative

The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR , is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The research initiatives are designed to create lasting impact in five key areas:...

Africa RISING feed

Improving soil carbon measurements to empower African smallholders

The amount of carbon in farm soils is important to farmers. Soils with high carbon contents tend to provide better yields. They also tend to be more resilient to weather-related crop failure. But measuring the amount of carbon in soil can be expensive and involve several steps. That can make it...

  • Africa RISING communications
AgHealth blog

CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Kenya discuss new One Health initiative

The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR , is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The research initiatives are designed to create lasting impact in five key areas:...

AgHealth blog

CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Uganda discuss new One Health initiative

The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR , is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The research initiatives are designed to create lasting impact in five key areas:...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

A menu of grasses to choose from: Helping farmers better feed their livestock

Hundreds of thousands of livestock farmers across the developing world are seeing substantial increases in livestock’s milk and meat production, thanks to a suite of newly developed grass and legume varieties that are more nutritious, pest and disease resilient. When managed well, these improved...

  • Michelle Kovacevic
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Drought and pest tolerant, improved Brachiaria grass set to boost tropical livestock production

2016 was a devastating year for many livestock farmers in Colombia’s Patía valley. Two years of severe drought saw vast swathes of pasture grasses shrivel up and die, along with many cows that depended on these grasses for food. Farmers who could afford to buy feed managed to scrape through but for...

  • Michelle Kovacevic
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Improving elephant grass: The most widely grown forage in East Africa

Named after the largest animal walking the earth, elephant grass once grew so prolifically across Africa’s riverbeds and rainforest margins that African elephants developed a special preference for it. But in recent decades, the grass has grown in popularity with another large land animal – cattle...

  • Michelle Kovacevic
AVCD program blog

Syndromic e-surveillance: averting livestock disease outbreaks, improving livelihoods

In early 2019, pastoralists in Turkana County lost 675 camels ( Camelus dromedarius ) with more than 750,000 at risk due to a severe outbreak of the contagious haemorrhagic septicaemia disease. It was not only a costly economic loss, estimated at 33.7 million Kenya shillings (USD337,000) but also a...

  • wanderaojanji
AgHealth blog

Review of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa highlights need for One Health approach and stronger regional collaboration

Livestock keeping is an important source of livelihood in many communities around the world. However, zoonoses—diseases transmissible from animals to people—pose a major threat not only to animal health but also to the health of livestock keepers and their households. According to the World Health...